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May 31
- Guitar Phenom Jake Dreyer Talks New Witherfall Album, 'A Prelude to Sorrow'
- Watch a Live Performance of "Blind Dogs," from Forthcoming ‘Soundgarden: Live from the Artists Den’
- Use Melody to Avoid Cliche Scale Noodling
- Family and Friends of Dick Dale Set Up GoFundMe Page to Assist With Medical Expenses
- Peter Frampton Shares Instrumental Version of "Georgia On My Mind"
- How to Construct Classic Eighties-Style Metal Guitar Parts
- Watch Paul Riario Demo the Line 6 HX Stomp
- Avenged Sevenfold to Sell Guitars and Other Gear on Reverb.com
- This Guitar Was Built Entirely Out of Epoxy Resin
- Solar Guitars Announces New Eight-String Model
- Deadland Ritual Share New Single, “Broken and Bruised”
- June 2019 Guitar World Lesson Videos
- Essential Guitar Licks: Slippery Duane Allman-Style Mixolydian Slide Lick
May 30
- Steve Vai Hands His Guitar to Audience Member Andy Timmons
- Gov’t Mule Share Live “The Man I Want To Be" Video
- Coheed and Cambria Share New “The Pavilion (A Long Way Back)" Video
- Morgan Amplification Announces New Dual 20
- Odd Couplings: More Approaches to Soloing in Odd Meters
- Listen to a New Song From the Allman Betts Band, “Shinin’ ”
- Dwarfcraft Unveils New Eau Claire Thunder Gold Standard Distortion
- Guitar Anatomy: Four Fundamental Movements Every Guitarist Should Know
- D’Angelico Announces New Deluxe Bob Weir Bedford
May 29
- Megadeth Detail New Album Reissues
- Five Questions with 'SNL' and Pearl Lion Guitarist Jared Scharff
- Sammy Hagar & the Circle Share Official "Affirmation" Video
- Blues Shapes: Using Triadic Forms as Soloing Templates
- Gibson Announces Michael Clifford Signature Melody Maker
- Blackstar Announces the Fly 3 Def Leppard Mini-Amp
- Watch Deadland Ritual Cover Black Sabbath, Velvet Revolver, Billy Idol at First-Ever Live Show
- David Gilmour Announces Podcast Series Discussing His Famous Guitars
- Watch Ghost Perform Acoustic “Rats,” “Cirice”
May 28
- Epiphone Announces the George Thorogood “White Fang” ES-125TDC Outfit
- Bring Me the Horizon's Lee Malia Lifts the Veil on 'Amo,' Their Genre-Jumping New Album
- Shredding with the Minor-Drop Progression
- Ace Frehley Shares Animated “Mission to Mars” Video
- TheGigRig Unveils the Wetter Box Parallel Effects Mixer
- Watch Jared James Nichols Fingerpick the Blues on a New Les Paul Standard ‘50s P90
- Listen to a Previously Unreleased Toto Song, “Chelsea”
- How to Utilize Unusual Alternate Tunings Like Jimmy Page
- Watch the Winery Dogs Rip Through “Oblivion” Onstage in Denver
May 24
- Friedman Amplification Announces the Jerry Cantrell JJ-Junior Head and Combo
- Killers Riff-Meister Dave Keuning Talks Debut Solo Album, 'Prismism'
- Tesla Share Official “Taste Like” Video
- Furch Unveils New Top-of-the-Line Red Series Guitars
- The Underground Thieves Share New Song, "Whole Lotta Money"
- Watch Michael Schenker Shred “Lights Out” Onstage in San Francisco
- Def Leppard's Vivian Campbell Discusses Dio Days, Composing Solos and Last in Line's New Album, 'II'
- Gibson Unveils Joe Perry Gold Rush Les Paul Axcess
May 23
- Steve Down Talks Touring the World with Joss Stone and the Kemper Profiler
- Sonic Youth Announce ‘Battery Park, NYC: July 4, 2008’ Live Album
- Black Star Riders Share New “Another State of Grace” Video
- Watch Jerry Cantrell in the Latest Episode of Ernie Ball's 'String Theory' Series
- More Ways to Utilize “Chicken Pickin’ ” in a Metal Solo
- Eddie Van Halen Demos Peavey Wolfgang Guitar at 1996 NAMM Show
- Enter for Your Chance to Win a Year of Online Guitar Lessons from ArtistWorks
- Foreigner Announce 'Live at the Rainbow '78' Audio Release
- Furch Unveils New Zebrawood Blue Series Guitars
- Watch Stevie D. Tear Through Buckcherry’s “Back Down”
- The Who: Pete Townshend talks Tommy, Quadrophenia, Who's Next and more
May 22
- Watch the Beatles in Rare 1963 Color Clip from Before Their U.S. Arrival
- Review: EarthQuaker Devices Swiss Things Pedalboard Reconciler
- DragonForce’s Herman Li Auctioning Off One-of-a-Kind Ibanez Prototype
- Gary Clark Jr. Gets Real: The Powerful Story Behind His New Album, 'This Land'
- Five Simple Minor Pentatonic Hacks That Open Up the Fretboard
- Tapping in 16th-Note Triplets with Guthrie Govan
- Ananashead Announces New Optotrem Pedal
- Opeth Announce New Album
- Sidewinder Straps Introduces First-Ever “Twist-Free” Guitar Strap
- How Guitarists Can Break Through Speed Barriers
- Zakk Sabbath to Faithfully Re-Record Black Sabbath’s 1970 Debut Album
May 21
- Television Legend Richard Lloyd Takes His Solos to the Outer Limits on New Album, 'The Countdown'
- Keeley Announces New DDR Drive, Delay and Reverb Pedal
- Mr. Black Unveils New Mini Vintage Chorus Pedal
- ‘Out of the Blue’: Mike Rutherford Discusses New Mike + The Mechanics Album, Gear, Genesis and More
- Watch Tedeschi Trucks Band Perform “Shame” on ‘Jimmy Kimmel Live!’
- The Genius of Chet Atkins: Two Patented Techniques
- Gojira Guitarist Has His Face Burned By Pyro, Comes Back Onstage to Finish Set
- The Allman Betts Band Share New Song, “All Night”
- Watch Lindsey Buckingham Perform for the First Time Since Open-Heart Surgery
- Achieving Absolute Fretboard Mastery, Part 12
May 20
- Flower Pedals Unveils New Dandelion Tremolo V2
- Josh Katz and Joey Morrow Talk Badflower's Debut Album, 'OK, I'm Sick'
- Shergold Guitars Unveils New Provocateur Single-Cut Electric
- Kenny Wayne Shepherd Band Share New Song, “Gravity”
- Hybrid Picking, and a Gypsy Jazz–Tinged Run in E Minor
- Paul Gilbert Shares Funky New Track, “A Herd of Turtles”
- Marshall Origin50H review
- Mark Knopfler is using Kemper for his onstage sound
- Blending the E, A and B Chord Progression into the Higher Register
- Watch Slipknot Perform “Unsainted” and “All Out Life” on ‘Jimmy Kimmel Live!’
- PRS Introduces New Limited Edition SE Custom 24 Laurel Burl
May 17
- Raconteurs Share New Song, "Help Me Stranger"
- Joe Satriani Shares "So Used Up" Video From His First Band, Squares
- Listen to Duane Morano’s “Manhattan,” Featuring Nita Strauss
- The Hives Release First New Song in Four Years, “I’m Alive”
- Listen to Steve Vai Get His Country on with Montgomery Gentry on "King of the World"
- How to Reinvent a Modal Melody by Changing Only One Note
- Santana Share New Song, “Yo Me Lo Merezco”
- The Stray Cats Premiere New Song, “Cry Danger”
- Listen to a New Song from Ritchie Blackmore's Rainbow, “The Storm”
- Rolling Stones Announce Rescheduled North American Tour Dates
- Around the World in Seven Scales
May 16
- Girls Rock Reverb Auction to Feature Items from Joan Jett, Nancy Wilson, Indigo Girls, Lita Ford and More
- The Black Keys Undergo Band Therapy in Official “Go” Video
- Christone “Kingfish” Ingram Shares Trippy “Outside of This Town” Video
- Soundgarden Announce 'Live From the Artists Den' Album, Immersive Film Events and Screenings
- Watch Steve Vai Invite Guitarists to Vai Academy 5.0
- Infusing Major Pentatonic Patterns with Chromatic Passing Tones
- Solar Guitars Announces New Single-Cut Models
- Metropoulos Amplification Introduces New Supa-Boost
- Orangewood Unveils New Solid-Top Mini Guitar Collection
- Slipknot Announce New Album, 'We Are Not Your Kind'
May 15
- Stream Monday's Live Interview Event with Kenny Wayne Shepherd Right Here
- Watch Eric Clapton Pay Tribute to Prince with Stirring “Purple Rain” Cover
- Epiphone Releases New Ltd. Ed. Dave Rude Flying V Outfit
- Paul Gilbert Announces North American Tour
- Three Men Arrested in Connection with Lamb of God Instrument Theft
- Hunter Hayes Partners with Ernie Ball Music Man for All-New Artist Series Cutlass Guitar
- Meet the Major Diatonic Drop, a Progression Used by Ozzy Osbourne, Glen Campbell and John Lennon
- Alice in Chains Share Beer-Fueled “Rainier Fog” Video
- PRS Announces New CE 24 Smokeburst Limited
- Fender Introduces New Red Mahogany Top Telecaster
- Watch Nuno Bettencourt, Tom Morello, Brad Paisley and Scott Ian Shred the ‘Game of Thrones’ Theme
- Killer Vibrato: How to Master Five Essential Performance Techniques
May 14
- Killswitch Engage and Clutch Announce Co-Headlining Summer Tour
- Tool Reveal Release Date for Forthcoming Album
- PRS Introduces New S2 Vela Semi-Hollow Guitar
- The Secrets Behind the Distinctive Guitar Tone on The Fixx's "One Thing Leads to Another"
- Iron Maiden Share Fiery “Flight of Icarus” Live Performance Video
- Cort Introduces First Eight-String Multi-Scale Electric Guitar
- Expanding Minor Pentatonic Ideas with Three-Notes-Per-String Phrases
- Watch Yngwie Malmsteen Shred “Black Star,” “I’ll See the Light Tonight” Onstage in New Orleans
- Sick Guitar Tricks: How to Create Warbles, Whinnys and Other Cool Effects
May 13
- Dave Bruzza of Greensky Bluegrass: What's on My Playlist
- Hear Eddie Van Halen shred for five minutes at 1984 soundcheck
- Greta Van Fleet Announce North American Tour
- Experience Hendrix Tour Returns with Joe Satriani, Buddy Guy and More
- Country-Influenced Application of Hybrid Picking for Blues and Rock
- Review: Way Huge Smalls Supa-Lead
- Watch Tracii Guns Try Out a Les Paul Standard 60's
- Watch Steven Tyler and Marilyn Manson Join Hollywood Vampires Onstage in Los Angeles
- A Guide to Rolling Shred Patterns
- Friedman Introduces New Mic-No-Mo Cabinet Simulation Box
May 10
- Forgotten Guitar: Steve Vai's 1990 Appearance on MTV’s 'Headbangers Ball'
- Watch the Second Episode of “History of Led Zeppelin”
- AC/DC's Fraternal Connection to "Friday on My Mind," a Mid-Sixties Power Pop Masterpiece
- Mattoverse Announces New Drone Tone MkIII
- Z.Vex is Offering a Limited Number of Very Cool Clear Fuzz Factory Pedals
- Thematic Development, and How to Play "Atlantic Limited"
- Whitesnake Release New Album, 'Flesh & Blood'
- Peter Frampton Shares Cover of B.B. King’s “The Thrill is Gone,” Featuring Sonny Landreth
- How to Play Jazzy Jimi Hendrix Chords
- Listen to a Clip of an Unreleased John 5 and David Lee Roth Song
- Hear "This Time Around," a New Track from Carmine Appice's Guitar Zeus
- Lowden Announces New WL-35 “Wee Lowden” Acoustic Guitar
May 9
- Listen to Zakk Wylde and Nuno Bettencourt Duet on Citizen Cope's "Sideways"
- Watch Paul Riario Demo Fender's New Mustang LT 25 Amp
- Kickass Tube Amps Made from Vintage Radios? Square Amps' Matt Richards Tells All!
- Watch Rival Sons Perform “Too Bad” on ‘The Late Late Show with James Corden’
- Watch Sammy Hagar & the Circle Perform Van Halen Tunes at the Troubadour in Hollywood
- How to Develop a Great Slide Vibrato
- Mercuriall’s Free MT-A Plugin Emulates the Iconic—and Controversial—Boss Metal Zone Pedal
- Watch Metallica’s Kirk Hammett Fall Onstage—and Laugh About It—in Milan
- Fender Unveils New Alternate Reality Meteora HH
- Thank You Scientist Premiere New Song, "Terraformer"
- Back to Basics with Pentatonics
May 8
- AC/DC Go Acoustic For "You Shook Me All Night Long"
- Watch Keb’ Mo’ and Musicians From Morocco, Argentina and More Play Robert Johnson’s “Walking Blues”
- Stream Tuesday's Live Interview Event with Tom Morello Right Here
- Line 6 HX Stomp review
- Go Behind the Scenes with Santana for the Making of 'Africa Speaks'
- Keeley Introduces New Fuzz Bender
- The Ultimate Transition Chord: Four Minor Resolutions for dim7
- Five Notable Highlights from David Gilmour's Christie's Guitar Auction
- Watch Vivian Campbell Jam ZZ Top’s “Cheap Sunglasses” on a Couch in Brooklyn
- Led Zeppelin Announce Landmark 50th Anniversary Documentary
- Vanflet Introduces New Station1 Pedalboard Amp
- Combine Arpeggios, Octave Displacement and Scales for Gloriously Melodic Results
May 7
- Watch Kiko Loureiro Demonstrate How to Play the Solo to Megadeth’s “Poisonous Shadows”
- Revv Introduces New D20 Amp
- Watch Mastodon Geek Out About Gear, Guitar Solos
- Rocktron Announces New VooDu Valve LTD
- Composing Away from the Guitar
- Roland Announces New BTM-1 Bluetooth Speaker and Guitar Amp
- Achieving Absolute Fretboard Mastery, Part 11
- Get a Fatter Bottom with the Fat Bottom Brass Bar
- Death Angel Premiere “The Pack” Playthrough Video
May 6
- Epiphone Releases Limited Edition Jared James Nichols "Old Glory" Les Paul Custom Outfit
- Jim Dunlop Sr. (1936-2019): Tribute to a Guitar Accessories Pioneer
- Deep Purple Announce American Tour
- Polyphia Premiere "Look But Don't Touch" Playthrough Video
- Listen to “Affirmation” from the Circle, Featuring Sammy Hagar and Michael Anthony
- The Allman Betts Band Announce Debut Album, ‘Down to the River’
- Whammy Bar Setup Secrets
- Watch Metallica Perform “Frantic” for the First Time in Eight Years
- Listen to a Rare Lamb of God B-Side, "Another Nail for Your Coffin"
- Watch Tool Debut Two New Songs at Welcome to Rockville Festival
- More Open-String Lick Ideas from Metallica's Kirk Hammett
- Mad Professor Unveils New Supreme Dual-Channel Overdrive
May 3
- Stone Temple Pilots and Rival Sons Detail U.S. Co-Headlining Tour
- Eight Overdrive Pedals at Once: Here's How It Sounds
- Former Accountant for Deep Purple Jailed for Stealing Millions from Legendary Band
- Manson Guitar Works Announces Model Upgrades
- Listen to a New Of Mice & Men Song, “Mushroom Cloud”
- Combining Metal-Style Rhythm-Playing Techniques to Create Memorable Riffs
- Pink Floyd legend David Gilmour takes us inside the guitar sale of the century
- Laurence Juber Announces New Album, ‘Downtown’
- G&L Introduces New Fullerton Deluxe Skyhawk
- MidValleyFx Introduces New Elevation Fuzz
May 2
- How to Play Soul-Blues Rhythm Guitar
- Sandvik's "Unbreakable Guitar," Which Yngwie Malmsteen Tried and Failed to Smash, is Up for Auction at Reverb.com
- Is This an Actual New Tool Riff?
- Watch Johnny Marr in the Latest Episode of Ernie Ball's 'String Theory' Series
- Gibson Debuts New 60th Anniversary Les Paul
- ZZ Top Announce 50th Anniversary Collection, 'Goin’ 50'
- Gov’t Mule Detail New Live Album and Film, ‘Bring On the Music’
- Soloing with the Mixed Blues Scale
- Tonetuga FX Unveils New Clockwork MultiDriver
May 1
- Enter for Your Chance to Win an Eventide Rose Pedal
- Bootlegger Unveils New Spade 24-Fret Travel Guitar
- Sunnaudio Introduces the Rabbithead RH-1 Preamp and Overdrive
- Peter Frampton Announces New Covers Album, ‘All Blues’
- Listen to a New Stray Cats Song, “Rock It Off”
- Dustin Kensrue of Thrice Partners with Ernie Ball Music Man for New Artist Series StingRay Guitar
- Continuing Our Look at Moving "Outside" the Tonal Center
- GHS Debuts New Thin Core Phosphor Bronze Acoustic Guitar Strings
- Check Out This One-of-a-Kind Guitar You Can Smoke Out Of
- Slash Featuring Myles Kennedy & the Conspirators Unveil Live “Boulevard of Broken Hearts” Video
- Yngwie Malmsteen Pays Tribute to the World's First Shredder, Niccolo Paganini
- Lawrence Petross Design Unveils New Seventy 4 Overdrive